Catechumen! I Should Be Happy

[T_Hope]

Praise God that you have a solid RCIA instructor! As to the series of events that lead to your attending mass, the Lord certainly does arrange things for you. All He is waiting for is your “yes”. Here is an inspiring thread involving someone else of Jewish blood also called to mass:

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?p=5122348#post5122348

God’s ways are so far above our ways as the heavens are above the earth. Amen!

Thank you for posting a link to that thread. It was very inspiring!

And thanks to all who have given me encouragement.

This week hasn’t been as difficult as the previous week, for which I am very grateful. I am trying to remain focused. And I am happy when beautiful new things come into focus as I take each new step along this path I am on.

I have made a decision this week. I am not going to hide my new faith from those Mormon friends I had feared to offend. I am wearing the cross my sister picked out and sent to me. And if they ask - I will tell them about it. Although I don’t know what I’ll tell them. I do not want to offend them, and I do not know enough to get into a debate if they say to me (as two ladies have this week) “Catholics keep Christ on the cross …” or “Catholics bow down to and worship idols …” To both of these comments I said gently, “No, they don’t,” but I was not given the opportunity to say anything more because one of the Mormon woman assured me that she knew all about Catholics - - - it would have been a useless and frustrating conversation so I let it go. Maybe all I will be able to do is pray for them. But it seems it will be easier to let them know the truth now than deal with having hidden it from them later which also could be thought of as offensive to them because they are my “friends.”

Anyway, today I am much happier than before. I hope this feeling will last!

Hope

 

[po18guy]

Thank you for posting a link to that thread. It was very inspiring!

And thanks to all who have given me encouragement.

This week hasn’t been as difficult as the previous week, for which I am very grateful. I am trying to remain focused. And I am happy when beautiful new things come into focus as I take each new step along this path I am on.

I have made a decision this week. I am not going to hide my new faith from those Mormon friends I had feared to offend. I am wearing the cross my sister picked out and sent to me. And if they ask - I will tell them about it. Although I don’t know what I’ll tell them. I do not want to offend them, and I do not know enough to get into a debate if they say to me (as two ladies have this week) “Catholics keep Christ on the cross …” or “Catholics bow down to and worship idols …” To both of these comments I said gently, “No, they don’t,” but I was not given the opportunity to say anything more because one of the Mormon woman assured me that she knew all about Catholics - - - it would have been a useless and frustrating conversation so I let it go. Maybe all I will be able to do is pray for them. But it seems it will be easier to let them know the truth now than deal with having hidden it from them later which also could be thought of as offensive to them because they are my “friends.”

Anyway, today I am much happier than before. I hope this feeling will last!

Hope

“Understanding is the reward given by faith. Do not try to understand in order to believe, but believe in order to understand” - Saint Augustine